Kendrick Lamar — Own This City

[Chorus] You can own this city You have everything you need All it takes is all you got Life don't ask you if you're ready or not You can own this city Deep inside you hold the key While the world is fast asleep You can take it all if you just dare to dream [Verse 1: Kendrick Lamar] Talk about goals Talk about a pen and a pad and the pad of your house With a permanent flow Hennessy on the floor looking at a video on the couch And the couch is cold And the pouch in your mama pocket got a permanent hole And your brother pout 'cause he want food on the stove And a pedestal with a silver spoon, and a big pool With a big room and a closet, cause it Hurt when you laughing at his clothes Looking at him like he ain't shit Forever living in that commode Time flies and I watch it tick Look in the mirror and I gotta take risk Like blood on the sheet of a suicide note Tripod then I aim it at your soul For bright lights Bite like a alligator when I write Hungry, come see determination upon me Come see the visionary in my sight My life premeditated by ambition Pistons from my Nikes take off No assistance, I'm persistent Adolf, more than I can chew with this thought [Chorus] You can own this city You have everything you need All it takes is all you got Life don't ask you if you're ready or not You can own this city Deep inside you hold the key While the world is fast asleep You can take it all if you just dare to dream [Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar] Let's talk about pressure Let's talk about depression Let's talk about desperate Times Everyday I'm guessin' My mind, It'll never end up resting I climb a ladder every second I find another mountain top Another video I watch when that video go off I jot like Edgar Allen, matter fact a thousand Soldiers never could war off my talents I wanna reassure my talents I wipe my face but never throw my towel in I'm often prowlin' The edge of a quantum jump in my head I'm a monster from anywhere but Earth And I'm 1 of 1 ever since my birth, I came for some bright lights Bite like a bear trap when I write Hungry, gotta chip on my shoulder I took it off and ate it I made it a full meal And I'm still craving, my front teeth I sink in the rap game My name will attract fame My veins got the blood of a king in it When it pours down, now Snoop's on stage and he say "Kendrick" [Chorus] You can own this city You have everything you need All it takes is all you got Life don't ask you if you're ready or not You can own this city Deep inside you hold the key While the world is fast asleep You can take it all if you just dare to dream [Bridge: Kendrick Lamar] So what you gonna do? What you gonna do? You can run, you can hide But when you are chosen The walls they close in Your forefathers look you in your eyes So what you gonna do? What you gonna do? You can run, you can hide But when you are chosen The walls they close in Your forefathers look you in your eyes [Chorus] You can own this city You have everything you need All it takes is all you got Life don't ask you if you're ready or not You can own this city Deep inside you hold the key While the world is fast asleep You can take it all if you just dare to dream